Results in Physics
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2020
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IF 4.019
Zhengwei Xiong,Jiang Yang,Zhipeng Gao,Qiang Yang,Deli Shi
As a typical supercapacitor electrode material, the reported Mo-N compounds mostly own one part of outstanding electrochemical properties (specific capacitance (C sp ), voltage window and cycling stability), and the well integration with three aspects was rare. Here using a novel MoO 3 precursor with ultra-long nanobelts (NBs) and stable orthorhombic crystal structure, we prepared unique Mo 3 N 2 NBs, which inherited the morphology and structure of the precursor greatly. Compared with other Mo-N compounds, the Mo 3 N 2 NBs both possessed the high C sp (220.3 F/g at 0.4 A/g), great cycling stability (98.3% C sp retention after 1500 cycles) and wide voltage window (0.95 V) due to the improved morphology, stable structure and excellent conductivity.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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纳米科技
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能源存储
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功能材料
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 7.015
Jian Zhou,Dan Sun,Lei Wang,Leiming Guo,Wei Chen,Fengjiao Yu,Yong Wang,Yang Yang
Mixed-matrix membranes blended with nanosized inorganic fillers have been widely used in ultrafiltration (UF) for large molecule separation. In this work, we provide a feasible route to construct mixed-matrix polysulfone (PSf) UF membranes via the nonsolvent-induced phase inversion process, utilizing sheet-like copper iodide superstructures (s-CuI) as fillers. The size of s-CuI in lateral dimension reaches micrometer scale, but the nanosheets can be well embedded in the polymer matrix with their 2D basal planes parallel to the membrane surface . On account of the stacking straight-through channel structure of s-CuI and its large dimension spanning across multiple membrane pores within the layer, the PSf membrane blended with 0.8 wt% content of s-CuI displays optimal UF performance with a pure water permeation (PWP) of 1473 L/(m 2 h bar) and a bovine serum albumin (BSA) rejection of 92%. In contrast, the pure PSf membrane only presents a PWP of 556 L/(m 2 h bar) and a BSA rejection of 58.2%. Besides, the enhancement of mechanical stability for the PSf/s-CuI 0.8% membrane is significant and the leakage of the s-CuI filler is negligible. Though the antifouling performance of the PSf/s-CuI 0.8% membrane against the protein BSA is limited, its flux is always 2–3 times higher than that of the pure PSf membrane in each step during a sequential test of fouling behavior . This study indicates that it is highly promising to employ designable superstructures as functional fillers to construct novel mixed-matrix membranes with good interfacial compatibility and superior performance.
研究领域:
材料科学
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膜分离技术
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高分子化学
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纳米复合材料
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生物分离工程
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ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
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2019
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IF 3.495
Xiangli Gao,Gaoyi Han,Yunzhen Chang,Ying Zhang,Honggang Li
To enhance the reduced graphene oxide hydrogels' capacitive performance, many modifiers are used to add doped element into the materials and improve the structure. The isomers of aminophenol which contain amino and hydroxyl groups on the benzene ring are employed as structure regulator and modifier to synthesize high-performance reduced graphene oxide hydrogels. The influences of preparation conditions including ratios of graphene oxide to aminophenol isomers, temperature, reaction times on the samples’ structure and properties have been investigated. The results show that the oligomer of o-aminophenol is formed on reduced graphene oxide sheets while the molecules of p, m-aminophenol are bound to the sheets; and that the hydrogel prepared in the presence of p-aminophenol has larger specific surface area, total pore volume , specific capacitance and good rate capability (74.0% of 427.0 F g −1 retains at 100 mV s −1 ) than other. The cells assembled by the optimized hydrogels exhibit the energy density of 14.07 Wh kg −1 at power density of 124.3 W kg −1 , and 4.96 Wh kg −1 at 6.78 kW kg −1 . Furthermore, 92.2% of initial capacitance can be retained after 20,000 cycles for the cells assembled by the optimal hydrogel. This kind of material may be found its use in energy storage field.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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电化学
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能源存储
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高分子化学
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表面科学
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POLYHEDRON
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2016
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IF 2.108
Tongguang Sun,Fei Liang,Xinyuan Zhang,Heng Tu,Zheshuai Lin,Guochun Zhang,Yicheng Wu
Single crystals of three new organic–inorganic hybrid compounds, tri[1-(diaminomethylene)uronium] hexachlorobismuthate ((C 2 H 7 N 4 S) 3 BiCl 6 ·H 2 O, HATU-BCH), bis[1-(diaminomethylene)uronium] pentabromobismuthate, ((C 2 H 7 N 4 S) 2 BiBr 5 , HATU-BB), and bis [3,5-diamino-1,2,4-thiadiazol-2-ium] pentaiodobismuthate ((C 2 H 5 N 4 S) 2 BiI 5 , OHATU-BI), have been successfully grown by slow evaporation method. Their structures were determined by single - crystal X-ray diffraction, in which all anion sublattice structures consist of hexahalobismuthates octahedra with different connection modes involving isolated, shared-corner, and shared-edge. The spectra characters were studied by Infrared and Raman spectra, which interpreted by calculation of the density functional theory (DFT) method and diffuse reflectance spectra. Thermal properties were characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry.
研究领域:
材料化学
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晶体工程
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配位化学
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光谱学
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热分析
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计算化学
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 118
·97256-97263
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IF 3.84
Qianqian Huang,Weiqiang Yu,Rui Lu,Fang Lu,Jin Gao,Hong Miao,Jie Xu
Catalytic conversion and application of bio-based platform chemicals is of great significance. Itaconic acid, one of the abundant and renewable bio-based platform chemicals, could be hydrogenated to produce methylsuccinic acid, which has important applications in pharmaceutical synthesis. Traditional catalysts can be corroded, leached and deactivated in an acid reaction environment, and the stability of the catalysts is a great challenge. Carbothermal reduction was employed to prepare stable ruthenium-based catalysts, and the results confirmed that CO generated in situ functioned as an efficient reducing species in the carbothermal reduction process. The catalysts were applied for the hydrogenation of itaconic acid, and showed good stability and resistance to acid with no obvious loss of activity and less leaching in recycling tests compared to hydrogen reduced samples which exhibited an apparent decrease of 22% for the conversion of itaconic acid. The carbothermal reduced catalysts could maintain 99% conversion and 99% selectivity for methylsuccinic acid, and maintained good stability and acid-resistance under a higher temperature and longer reaction time.
研究领域:
催化化学
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绿色化学
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生物质转化
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有机合成
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材料化学
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工业催化
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可持续能源
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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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2018
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IF 2.21
Fei Xu,Hongtao Wang,Mengyi Wu,Jiangsai Nan,Ting Li,Shun-an Cao
Redox-active organic materials are potential cathode materials for material-sustainable and environment-friendly Li-ion batteries. As is one of the most prominent features for organic compounds, isomerism has a significant influence on their properties. Herein, we synthesize two isomeric pairs of poly(anthraquinonyl imide)s ( PAQI s) by a simple one-pot reaction, and investigate their electrochemical properties as Li-ion battery cathodes by cyclic voltammogram and galvanostatic discharge/charge cycling. The PAQI materials exhibit a high reversible capacity of 202 mAh g −1 and a stable cyclability with 80% capacity retention over 200 cycles, and a remarkable rate performance, suggesting a potential feasibility of these organic cathode materials for high-capacity Li-ion batteries. The discharge/charge potentials of these PAQI s are slightly lower than the monomers . A further comparison of these four PAQI s indicates the isomerism plays a significant role in the electrochemical performance of these organic electrode materials .
研究领域:
电化学
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材料科学
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能源存储
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有机电极材料
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锂离子电池
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2022
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IF 13.599
Xin Wu,Xingyu Xiong,Bin Yuan,Jun Liu,Renzong Hu
A good cycling stability is a prerequisite for the application of metal-based materials in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, an abnormal increase in capacity is often observed, which has rarely been focused on in many studies. In our SnSe-Mo-C composite anode, a high reversible capacity of 737.4 mAh g −1 remained after 5000 cycles at 5 A g −1 between 0.01 and 3.0 V versus Li/Li + . However, a continuous capacity increase occurred in the initial cycles, with 1086.9 mAh g −1 after 1000 cycles and 1216.9 mAh g −1 after 1500 cycles, respectively. Further studies revealed that the electrolyte decomposed at high potentials (2.5–3.0 V) and provided additional capacities. The cut-off voltage and electrolyte filling were controlled, which eliminated the impact of electrolyte decomposition, prevented rapid capacity decay, and provided a stable cycling performance for SnSe-Mo-C anodes in LIBs. This work shows that the composite anode is promising for lithium storage and the findings provide new insights into understanding and controlling the phenomenon of capacity increase with cycling in metal-based anode materials.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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纳米材料
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电池技术
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POWDER TECHNOLOGY
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2019
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IF 3.413
Shuzhen Yang,Yanfang Huang,Shengpeng Su,Guihong Han,Jiongtian Liu
A hybrid water-soluble humics-based binder (humics/sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)) was studied to enhance the electrochemical performance of a Li-ion battery cathode (LiFePO 4 ) in this work. Molecular dynamics simulations of binder active fractions with related materials (LiFePO 4 and Al) were performed to explore the binding mechanisms. Humics serve to connect the active material and provide a conducting bridge in the cathode. To improve the adhesion between the particles and current collector, CMC is added as an auxiliary fraction with a mass ratio of humics to CMC of 3:1. The scanning electron microscope results indicate that the morphology of the electrode with the hybrid humics/CMC binder is more uniform than that of electrodes with conventional polyvinylidene fluoride and CMC binders. The electrochemical performance and cycling stability of the cathode materials are obviously enhanced. The reversible specific capacity can reach 152.3 mAh g −1 at 0.5 °C after 100 cycles. The rate capability is greatly improved, with a specific capacity as high as 105 mAh g −1 at 8 °C. The humics/CMC composite can be regarded as a novel, environmentally friendly and high-efficiency binder for application in Li-ion batteries.
研究领域:
电化学
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材料科学
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能源存储
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纳米材料
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可持续能源技术
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2020
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IF 6.215
Yuexiu Du,Chongwu Liu,Yunzhao Liu,Qi Han,Xiaowei Chi,Yu Liu
Rechargeable metal batteries are desirable for next-generation high specific energy electrochemical energy storage systems . However, low coulombic efficiency and severe dendrite growth during the stripping/plating of metals (e.g. Li, Na, Zn and etc.) considerably hinder their practical applications. To address the above issues, in this work, a facile, versatile, and scalable approach by means of spray depositing carbon fiber micron film (CFMF) onto metals is developed. The porous, uniform, and highly conductive CFMF firmly attached to metal surface with a scaffold structure is found to effectively guide the uniform plating/stripping of both the Zn metal in aqueous electrolytes and the Li metal in organic electrolytes, thus enabling much higher efficiencies of Zn (98.4%) and Li (99.7%) for the 100th cycle on the CFMF-modified current collectors than those of bare current collectors. And the so far record high cycling stability for the symmetric cells using CFMF/Zn (2500 h) and CFMF/Li (1000 h) electrodes is achieved at 1 mA cm −2 and 4 mA cm −2 , respectively. Benefiting from the delicately designed CFMF-modified Zn or Li metal anodes , the full cells of Zn–MnO 2 and Li–LiMn 2 O 4 are rendered excellent rate capability and significantly extended cycle life.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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纳米技术
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电池技术
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Energy & Environmental Materials
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2022
·Vol. 6
·期 5
·e12415
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IF 13.443
Lin Chen,Jingwen Zhou,Junxiang Zhang,Guicai Qi,Bin Wang,Jianli Cheng
High energy density Li-CO 2 batteries have attracted much attention owing to the “two birds with one stone” feature in fixing greenhouse gas CO 2 and providing renewable energy. However, poor reversibility of the discharge product Li 2 CO 3 is one of the main problems that limit its application, resulting in poor cycling stability and severe polarization. Herein, copper indium sulfide (CIS), a semiconducting non-precious metal sulfide, is fabricated as cathode catalysts for high-performance Li-CO 2 batteries. Combined with the synergistic effect of bimetallic valence bonding and coordinated electron transfer, Li-CO 2 batteries using CIS cathodes exhibit high full specific discharge capacity, excellent rate capability and cycle stability, namely it delivers a high specific full discharge capacity of 8878 μAh cm −2 , runs steadily from 10 to 100 μA cm −2 , and performs a stable long-term cycling behavior (>1050 h) under a high energy efficiency of 84% and a low charge voltage of approximately 3.4 V at 20 μA cm −2 within 100 μAh cm −2 . In addition, a flexible Li-CO 2 pouch cell is constructed to reveal the potential of employing CIS to fabricate flexible high energy storage devices in practical applications. This work shows a promising development pathway toward next-generation sustainable energy storage devices.
研究领域:
电化学
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能源材料
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纳米催化
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可持续能源存储
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金属-气体电池
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 65
·52382-52387
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IF 3.84
Minxia Li,Xiaowei Wang,Yanfang Wang,Bingwei Chen,Yuping Wu,Rudolf Holze
A new composite gel polymer electrolyte of nonwoven fabric (NWF) and methyl cellulose (MC) with good mechanical properties and outstanding thermal and electrochemical stability is prepared by a simple and green casting process followed by absorbing liquid electrolyte. Its characteristics are investigated by scanning electron microscopy, FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Due to the synergistic action between MC matrix and the NWF framework, the composite gel polymer electrolyte achieves higher ionic conductivity (0.29 mS cm−1) at ambient temperature and larger lithium ion transference number (0.34) than those for the conventional Celgard 2730 separator (0.21 mS cm−1 and 0.27, respectively) in 1 mol L−1 LiPF6 electrolyte, and their activation energies are similar. In addition, the composite membrane shows better mechanical strength than the pure MC membrane. The evaporation rate of the liquid electrolyte at elevated temperature is much decreased. The assembled Li//LiFePO4 cell using this composite gel membrane exhibits better cycling retention and higher discharge capacity than those based on Celgard 2730 separator and pure MC gel membrane. These fascinating characteristics suggest that this unique composite gel polymer electrolyte can be used for lithium ion batteries with good performance and low cost.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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高分子材料
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电池技术
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2019
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IF 4.175
Chunru Li,He Song,Changming Mao,Hongrui Peng,Guicun Li
Antimony (Sb) is an attractive anode material for lithium-ion batteries with high theoretical capacity. However, its practical application is greatly hindered by the rapid capacity fading due to the large volume expansion during lithiation. Tuning the morphology of active materials at the nanoscale or designing reasonable components is essential to address this issue. Employing an antimony sulfide nanorod as semi-sacrificial template, here, we successfully synthesize one-dimensional MoS 2 sheets-decorated Sb@Sb 2 S 3 @C(MoS 2 -Sb@Sb 2 S 3 @C) nano-structure via facile thermal carbonization of Mo-polypyrrole complex coating film. During annealing, metallic Sb from the partial reduction of Sb 2 S 3 nanorods is embedded into amorphous carbon nanotubes that are derived from polypyrrole and simultaneously MoS 2 nanosheets forms on the surface of Sb-Sb 2 S 3 -C nanostructures. This unique hierarchical tubular composite not only can serve as robust skeleton frameworks for accommodating volume changes of metallic Sb and Sb 2 S 3 during cell cycling, but also are characterized by high electronic conductivity (because of the amorphous carbon nanotubes and metallic Sb) and abundant active sites, both of which are beneficial for the improvement of Li-ion storage properties. As expected, the MoS 2 -Sb@Sb 2 S 3 @C composite exhibit a high specific capacity (1596 mAh g −1 at 0.1 A g −1 ), high rate capability (481 mAh g −1 at 5 A g −1 and 355 mAh g −1 at 8 A g −1 ), and stable cycling performance (760 mAh g −1 maintained after 100 cycles at 1 A g −1 ). Our work potentially sheds some light on future development of alloy-type anodes for battery applications.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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纳米科技
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能源存储
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电池技术
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